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September 5, 2014

National press ABCs: Times only title to increase print circulation in August

By Dominic Ponsford

The Times was the only UK national newspaper to increase print circulation last month according to ABC.

Its average daily print sale increased by 1.3 per cent year on year to 396,671 in August 2014. Just under half of that increase was accounted for by an increase in free bulk copies from 19,862 a year ago to 22,145 last month.

The fastest falling UK-wide national daily was the Daily Star, which fell 14 per cent year on year.

Trinity Mirror’s Scottish titles had a particularly bad month: the Daily Record fell 16 per cent year on year to 212,182 and the Sunday Mail fell 17 per cent to 240,100.

UK national newspaper print circulation (source ABC)



National Morning Popular Avg sale % change year on year Free bulk copies
Daily Mirror  960,964 -8.13  45,000
Daily Record  212,182 -15.99  4,986
Daily Star  471,629 -13.93  
The Sun  2,108,387 -6.64  
Daily Express  479,017 -9.73  
Daily Mail  1,678,729 -6.85  74,229
The Daily Telegraph  511,857 -8.19  
Financial Times  210,182 -11.05  22,261
The Guardian  177,827 -6.23  
i  285,902 -3.14  63,062
The Independent  62,568 -8.92  17,108
The Times  396,671 1.28  22,145

 

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National Sunday Popular Avg sale % change year on year Free bulk copies
Daily Star Sunday  303,529 -12.33  
The Sun on Sunday  1,684,101 -12.13  
Sunday Mail  240,100 -17.38  3,843
Sunday Mirror  954,309 -10.25  44,250
Sunday People  379,779 -10.70  
The Mail on Sunday  1,522,110 -9.15  72,386
Sunday Express  426,899 -9.80  
Sunday Post  214,781 -12.20  
Independent on Sunday  104,488 -5.15  53,334
The Observer  200,953 -7.33  
The Sunday Telegraph  404,546 -7.07  
The Sunday Times  803,097 -2.83  11,408
       

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